It's become impossible to get facts on what's going on with Alien V through the forums. It's all conjecture...
So once again, this is rumour control. Here are the facts...
(Please post only facts here. Comments can go elsewhere. By facts I mean confirmed quotes by the studio, actors, director, producers etc. At least this will be close to factual. Production pictures or relevant photos or videos should go here as well.)
Here is a link to the confirmed news on AVP Galaxy:
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/category/alien-5-news/ (http://www.avpgalaxy.net/category/alien-5-news/)
Neill Blomkamp Q&A: Director talks Alien reboot and new film Chappie (http://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/24/neill-blomkamp-alien-chappie-qa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9ihfeibtCQ#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9ihfeibtCQ#ws)
And there's the video in this thread, which has unfortunately been made private and can no longer be viewed: http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=52374.0 (http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=52374.0)
Sigourney is on Jonathan Ross tonite.
Someone post that interview here.
I just watched it but she didn't say much about it.
Technically this isn't a fact but it is understood that we will not get the full picture for a while and this is a case of putting together the pieces of a puzzle. As long as it isn't an opinion post, but a collection of news bits, things like this belong here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/LV426/comments/2xhmu0/michael_beihn_says_hes_been_contacted/ (http://www.reddit.com/r/LV426/comments/2xhmu0/michael_beihn_says_hes_been_contacted/)
Looks like according to this, Michael Biehn will reprise his role as Hicks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX-gGI_DQlQ#t=182 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX-gGI_DQlQ#t=182)
The media is running with Michael Biehn's quotes from Pensacon...
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Alien-5-Bring-Back-Michael-Biehn-Here-What-He-Said-70072.html (http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Alien-5-Bring-Back-Michael-Biehn-Here-What-He-Said-70072.html)
Here you go: http://www.avpgalaxy.net/category/alien-5-news/ (http://www.avpgalaxy.net/category/alien-5-news/) :)
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 02, 2015, 08:37:24 AM
Here you go: http://www.avpgalaxy.net/category/alien-5-news/ (http://www.avpgalaxy.net/category/alien-5-news/) :)
Oh, ok, thanks Corporal!
BD article about facts:
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3334278/michael-biehn-contacted-alien-sequel/ (http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3334278/michael-biehn-contacted-alien-sequel/)
The key line which is getting lost in all this:
20th Century Fox is behind it, and Blomkamp is officially signed on to develop it. Read that sentence again. This does not guarantee a thing. This does not promise that Blomkamp's eventual sequel will get greenlit, it also does not guarantee Weaver's return as Ripley. It sure as hell doesn't lock in the resurrection of Biehn's Corporal Hicks. All this means is that he's being paid to officially develop it.
No one is saying it's a sure thing? We certainly haven't reported that.
No understood, but it was good to see an article out side of here that states it.
There's more discussion on Digital Spy as well: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a631526/new-alien-movie-secrets-revealed-sigourney-weaver-michael-biehn-to-return.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=dsuk&utm_campaign=twdsuk#~p5N1f5nh48TJLw (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a631526/new-alien-movie-secrets-revealed-sigourney-weaver-michael-biehn-to-return.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=dsuk&utm_campaign=twdsuk#~p5N1f5nh48TJLw) in which Weaver and NB are talking like it is going to happen.
And, when asked at the end if Rippers and Hicks will be back he says "Hopefully, we'll see them."
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 02, 2015, 03:41:19 PM
No one is saying it's a sure thing? We certainly haven't reported that.
I propose that this thread is especially for dropping news links as they are reported. I would consider those as "fluid facts" which may be subject to change. This is a good place to paste all of the articles prior to sifting through before they go to the official news section. The key is to avoid opinions and commentaries in this thread as it will quickly become very lengthy and searching the news posts will be impossible...
Probably unnecessary as they'll get new threads as and when they pop up.
True, but I'm with Nightmare on this one - (feel free to delete this comment, saying this). I reckon this thread should be a member conjecture free zone - just the links and a bit of context?
http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/23891/1/neill-blomkamp-wants-to-take-alien-back-to-its-roots (http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/23891/1/neill-blomkamp-wants-to-take-alien-back-to-its-roots)
With thanks to: Tough little S.O.B.
"It's the inverse in that now I get to make the third film of the first two, which I think never happened. I think they made the first two and then went off the rails with these other ones. I wanna try as a fan to fill in that gap. It all stems from being probably one of the most ego-less directors in Hollywood and I think that that plays a big role. If you're inward focused and narcissistic and thinking about your fans then that's when weird shit starts happening. If you stay grounded then you can make stuff that actually is balanced and has something to say. I don't want to give much away but what I can say confidently is that Alien and Aliens are my favourite films and where it went after Aliens was incorrect to me as a fan. I didn't want that world, I wanted the first two and that's what I want to go back to."
http://whatculture.com/film/michael-biehn-says-hell-be-back-for-neill-blomkamps-alien-movie.php (http://whatculture.com/film/michael-biehn-says-hell-be-back-for-neill-blomkamps-alien-movie.php)
Further confirmation of Biehn's involvement. Nothing new really...
That. f**king. Phrase.
Thankfully Neill never says it.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 02, 2015, 08:46:34 PM
That. f**king. Phrase.
Thankfully Neill never says it.
I'm in support of it but that's immaterial if it was never really said. How do you know?
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 02, 2015, 08:46:34 PM
That. f**king. Phrase.
Thankfully Neill never says it.
What phrase! What phrase!
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Mar 02, 2015, 08:56:29 PM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 02, 2015, 08:46:34 PM
That. f**king. Phrase.
Thankfully Neill never says it.
I'm in support of it but that's immaterial if it was never really said. How do you know?
I read the article.
So did I, but i didn't see "dream" or "retcon" -- you had me going there for a minute man, I was like "what did I miss!"
Perhaps I should have been clearer. I'm referring to the phrase "going back to the roots". You read my AvP3 wishlist, I expressed a dislike for it in there.
Of course, sorry man, I was fixated on the other things.
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/sigourney-weaver-neill-blomkamp-alien-sequel-film-1201446877/ (http://variety.com/2015/film/news/sigourney-weaver-neill-blomkamp-alien-sequel-film-1201446877/)
Don't expect a shared Alien-Predator universe.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/05/neill-blomkamp-alien_n_6801894.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/05/neill-blomkamp-alien_n_6801894.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592)
I reckon that's just his view, Rakai - as he says he "hopes not", but I'm sure Ridley and Cameron felt the same way, but that won't stop Fox from dusting off AvP if Black'n'Blom's movies are hits.
Shared universe might be something they'd steer clear off, but I don't know - not now that F&S is officially the new canon (it is isn't it?) and done away with all other EU stuff?
Quote from: Russ on Mar 06, 2015, 10:25:45 AM
Shared universe might be something they'd steer clear off, but I don't know - not now that F&S is officially the new canon (it is isn't it?) and done away with all other EU stuff?
(https://31.media.tumblr.com/485f546bd591463178706c24c8a7f597/tumblr_inline_njo2mnhkm51rx8vc4.png)
This would be my face right now. A sheer look of potential defeat.
I liked the AvP movies, the first one probably just as much or more than you (I can do without Requiem). But with the direction which Fox is going in, and a direction which I don't agree with.. I really hope we don't get something done like how Marvel is doing with the films.
I think Marvel really have it nailed as far as the fanbase goes - I love Marvel movies (I'm a bigger DC fan, it has to be said) but I've kind of suffered from not seeing Cap America II and Thor II. I used to watch Agents of Shield, but what I found was you have to be bang up to date with the movies as well because they reference things that you may not have seen. In S2 of Shield, I was totally lost because I didn't know what they were going on about half the time.
It's pure fan service - and in a good way as I'm in minority not having kept up with the movies, but I can't let that take away from the brilliant work they've done with linking and connecting all this stuff up.
I think that would be possible to do with A(vP) too, but it's a big call for them to make. I really do think AvP3 will see the light of day, but I wonder if they'd be brave enough to reference Black'n'Blom's films... I just don't know.
I guess it depends on how they handle AvP3 - what they think the market is. It wouldn't be hard to make a more cerebral take on the "versus" aspect, but I imagine it'll be all about the demographic in that Aliens and Predator are (obviously) cinematic works where as the Versus is based on a game.
I don't think these retries at Aliens and Predator will inform the versus movie at this stage. But sequels might?
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 02, 2015, 09:24:32 PM
Perhaps I should have been clearer. I'm referring to the phrase "going back to the roots". You read my AvP3 wishlist, I expressed a dislike for it in there.
It makes sense to me. Going back to the source material, or more accurately to what make the series so likeable in the first place. What's not to like?
Folks let's keep this thread limited to facts (or at least the closest thing we can get) only. There are plenty of other commentary sections in the forum.
It looks like there may be 2 Alien films from Blomkamp!
http://screencrush.com/neill-blomkamp-alien-two-films/ (http://screencrush.com/neill-blomkamp-alien-two-films/)
Here is another website saying the same thing. It would be awesome if Blomkamp did 2 Aliens films!
http://www.movieweb.com/alien-5-movie-sequel-neill-blomkamp-two-movies (http://www.movieweb.com/alien-5-movie-sequel-neill-blomkamp-two-movies)
Two more Alien movies? I think eight movies are enough.. I am accounting the AvPs and the Prometheus movies too. Nine is a little much.. Ten is just... Mmmmrphh.
Quote from: RakaiThwei on Mar 08, 2015, 02:13:03 AM
Two more Alien movies? I think eight movies are enough.. I am accounting the AvPs and the Prometheus movies too. Nine is a little much.. Ten is just... Mmmmrphh.
I personally count,
Predator, Predator 2, Shane Black's Predator, Predators, Prometheus, Paradise, Alien, Aliens, (A3 & A:R) Neill Blompkamp's Alien III.
So we're already on eleven, likely to be getting 12 and 13 if things go well with both Paradise and N-B's Alien.
Quote from: RakaiThwei on Mar 08, 2015, 02:13:03 AM
Two more Alien movies? I think eight movies are enough.. I am accounting the AvPs and the Prometheus movies too. Nine is a little much.. Ten is just... Mmmmrphh.
For me, 1 was fine: Alien. : P
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Mar 08, 2015, 01:28:15 AM
Folks let's keep this thread limited to facts (or at least the closest thing we can get) only. There are plenty of other commentary sections in the forum.
It looks like there may be 2 Alien films from Blomkamp!
http://screencrush.com/neill-blomkamp-alien-two-films/ (http://screencrush.com/neill-blomkamp-alien-two-films/)
Here is another website saying the same thing. It would be awesome if Blomkamp did 2 Aliens films!
http://www.movieweb.com/alien-5-movie-sequel-neill-blomkamp-two-movies (http://www.movieweb.com/alien-5-movie-sequel-neill-blomkamp-two-movies)
This is purely conjecture. Surely FOX will want to continue the franchise but Blomkamp is merely acknowleging the room for more than one film. And many, many of us have noticed that there are massive gaps and a lack of clarity in the time line that can be exploited and this is likely all he is noting as well. There is plenty of space b/w ALIEN and ALIENS and no reason to rule out the space b/w ALIENS and ALIEN3...
But this does seem to confirm that his film is filling one of these gaps. Possibly both. But one thing can be certain - these reporters don't know what they are talking about when they place his film bw ALIEN and ALIENS because Hicks wasn't hit with acid yet, nor introduced to the story.
The only way this could be between ALIEN and ALIENS is if Ripley deliberately doesn't want the company to know about whatever happens between those two films, and the same can be said for it taking place after Aliens.
Of course Blomkamps film could take place between both films. Meaning he can introduce something bw Alien and Aliens then pick it back up after Aliens.
But right now ALL CONJECTURE. No facts.
Or y'know if you really want to do a story with Hicks & Ripley- you're better to outright ignore one of the films to make that story rather than idiotically dancing around it with clones/memories/dreams crap.
I can see more films in both "timelines" yes, but do I think films in the A3 timeline will include Hicks and Ripley?
To quote A3 "No f*cking way."
Quote from: Son Of Kane on Mar 08, 2015, 12:52:05 PM
Or y'know if you really want to do a story with Hicks & Ripley- you're better to outright ignore one of the films to make that story rather than idiotically dancing around it with clones/memories/dreams crap.
I agree with this. I strongly, and violently agree with this!
Quote from: RakaiThwei on Mar 08, 2015, 06:41:30 PM
Quote from: Son Of Kane on Mar 08, 2015, 12:52:05 PM
Or y'know if you really want to do a story with Hicks & Ripley- you're better to outright ignore one of the films to make that story rather than idiotically dancing around it with clones/memories/dreams crap.
I agree with this. I strongly, and violently agree with this!
Guys, you make valid points. Totally... but this thread is set up to collect all the latest facts or at least news only. Its a place where we can go to see what is the latest info that is flying around out there in the news. It may not be 100% factual but certainly this is not da place for opinions. There are ample threads under the Alien 5 section to do that, or it takes 1 click to make a new one. Let's make this thread an info-only resource.
Quote from: Son Of Kane on Mar 08, 2015, 12:52:05 PM
Or y'know if you really want to do a story with Hicks & Ripley- you're better to outright ignore one of the films to make that story rather than idiotically dancing around it with clones/memories/dreams crap.
I can see more films in both "timelines" yes, but do I think films in the A3 timeline will include Hicks and Ripley?
To quote A3 "No f*cking way."
Its entirely plausible to place a film between Aliens and Alien 3 without treading on the events in either film. I worked it out in my head the other night and watched Alien3 to confirm what I had come up with. Nothing in Alien 3 would contradict a story between Aliens and Alien3, and if you handle the ending of it properly, it could make Alien 3 a better film.
The problem really is the aging process. In Hicks case, his face is largely covered. But in Sigourney's they would have to work on it with CGI ala TRON Legacy.
This may not be what he wants to do, but there is conflicting evidence to explain whether this will outright retcon 3 and 4.
I am also strictly against cloning and dreams. Dreams, especially.
In truth, I would rather they continued without Ripley altogether than retcon ALIEN 3.
No it's corny no matter what way you do it, it isn't happening.
(Thank Christ for that.)
And for the hundredth millionth time this isn't a retcon, A3 isn't being erased but it is being ignored which equates to an alternate timeline-
I don't get what's so difficult to (accept &) understand about this.
Quote from: Son Of Kane on Mar 08, 2015, 09:07:11 PM
No it's corny no matter what way you do it, it isn't happening.
(Thank Christ for that.)
And for the hundredth millionth time this isn't a retcon, A3 isn't being erased but it is being ignored which equates to an alternate timeline-
I don't get what's so difficult to (accept &) understand about this.
Are you serious? What differentiates a RETCON from an ALTERNATE TIMELINE?
There are still multiple reports on a regular basis that provide conflicting info. Blomkamp's words say "I get the opportunity to fill in the gap" and "I'm not trying to undo 3 and 4"... You taking that confusion and creating some difference between a retcon and an alternate timeline is odd. There is no difference, unless Fox were to literally try and destroy all future copies of ALien3 ... Is that what you think constitutes a retcon? A retcon implies an alternate timeline. Its the same thing.
Now, unless I've dreamed this stuff myself - over the years, fans, like Blomkamp, who dislike the third film have been going on and on (for decades now) about how something else has to have happened to get the egg on the sulaco - so it doesn't seem in the least bit strange to suggest that he intends to make his film that something, apart from the age difference which has been accounted for by much lesser franchises like TRON in the past.
Do I pretend to KNOW this is what is happening? NO.
But neither do you and your assertion that an ALTERNATE TIMELINE is somehow not implied by a retcon is just bizarre.
A retcon automatically creates an alternate timeline.
Well, if they put it between AS & A3 it'll be the death of the franchise for me.
Quote from: Son Of Kane on Mar 08, 2015, 09:28:14 PM
Well, if they put it between AS & A3 it'll be the death of the franchise for me.
To me you have more to lose if you go with ignoring films. Because then if it sucks or is poorly received - which i think is inevitable. Considering peoples conflicting opinions on several alien films. So i just feel like the only rite way to go is forward and either improve on 4 or just leave ripley out of it. If it was me id make and alien series for cable and leave it alone.
I actually like blomkamp - the end of chappie went a bit downhill - but i expect to like this film but fans to end up wishimg alien 3 never got retconned. I expect any third part of a trilogy to be devisive by default and i think history repeats itself
But i also expect to like the movie.
Im iust laughing at the very little it takes to get people excited over what has no guarantee to be good.
I fully expect it to be bad, I just wouldn't be able to stomach the "inbetweequel" unless it was after A3 but before A:R and didn't include Ripley.
If you're going to include Ripley it has to either be a retcon or after A:R and considering Ripley 8 isn't even Ellen Ripley to most- only one of those options is viable.
But I could be wrong it could be good, just like "Paradise" the odds are against us- but I can hope.
Quote from: NickisSmart on Mar 07, 2015, 10:57:36 PM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Mar 02, 2015, 09:24:32 PM
Perhaps I should have been clearer. I'm referring to the phrase "going back to the roots". You read my AvP3 wishlist, I expressed a dislike for it in there.
It makes sense to me. Going back to the source material, or more accurately to what make the series so likeable in the first place. What's not to like?
I hate the phrase, not the intention. It's over-used and nearly meaningless in terms of the actual result. AvPR was consistently saying it was "going back to the roots".
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Mar 08, 2015, 06:49:55 PM
Guys, you make valid points. Totally... but this thread is set up to collect all the latest facts or at least news only. Its a place where we can go to see what is the latest info that is flying around out there in the news. It may not be 100% factual but certainly this is not da place for opinions. There are ample threads under the Alien 5 section to do that, or it takes 1 click to make a new one. Let's make this thread an info-only resource.
It was a valiant effort, man. I was even hoping this thread would have been my go-to place for all the juice.
Dead metaphors should stay dead, in other words. :)
Alien 5 and Prometheus 2 to have a tied plot?
http://masterherald.com/prometheus-2-to-have-a-connected-plotline-with-alien-5/12190/ (http://masterherald.com/prometheus-2-to-have-a-connected-plotline-with-alien-5/12190/)
I altered the title a bit and gave this a sticky so we can have a running thread throughout this whole process in order to compile all news/rumors/articles as we've been doing.
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Mar 10, 2015, 01:25:30 AM
Alien 5 and Prometheus 2 to have a tied plot?
http://masterherald.com/prometheus-2-to-have-a-connected-plotline-with-alien-5/12190/ (http://masterherald.com/prometheus-2-to-have-a-connected-plotline-with-alien-5/12190/)
must be taken with a grain of salt
http://www.scified.com/site/prometheusmovies/be-aware-of-websites-promoting-false-prometheus-2-information (http://www.scified.com/site/prometheusmovies/be-aware-of-websites-promoting-false-prometheus-2-information)
Another Sigourney vague quote.
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/12/sigourney-weaver-new-alien-movie-weve-found-host-and-its-been-embedded?asdf (http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/12/sigourney-weaver-new-alien-movie-weve-found-host-and-its-been-embedded?asdf)
Michael Biehn confirms he is in Alien 5. Shooting starts in August.
http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/michael-biehn-confirms-appearance-neill-blomkamps-alien-shooting-august/ (http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/michael-biehn-confirms-appearance-neill-blomkamps-alien-shooting-august/)
I'm not convinced that's real.
http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/03/19/michael-biehn-confirms-hell-return-for-blomkamps-alien-film/ (http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2015/03/19/michael-biehn-confirms-hell-return-for-blomkamps-alien-film/)
CBR: Michael Biehn Confirms He'll Return For Blomkamp's 'Alien' Film
I recognize this may be a hoax, and it goes to show how the media runs with things...
Alien 5 won't be titled Alien 5, one thing changed to avoid bumping into Prometheus 2
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/alien/34632/alien-5-wont-tread-on-toes-of-prometheus-2#ixzz3V21axxcR (http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/alien/34632/alien-5-wont-tread-on-toes-of-prometheus-2#ixzz3V21axxcR)
Alien 5 Updates: Neil Blompkamp fears same plot with Prometheus 2: Sigourney Weaver reprises a different Ellen?
Also, now we are realizing a few subtle elements, albeit, a number of them could have been speculated from the fine art. For one thing, in the event that there were any uncertainty, Sigourney Weaver will in fact return as Ellen Ripley, and this film ought to give fitting conclusion to her character.
Read more: http://www.vcpost.com/articles/59775/20150423/alien-5-updates-neil-blompkamp-fears-same-plot-with-prometheus-2.htm#ixzz3YFX4tdpo (http://www.vcpost.com/articles/59775/20150423/alien-5-updates-neil-blompkamp-fears-same-plot-with-prometheus-2.htm#ixzz3YFX4tdpo)
http://www.vcpost.com/articles/59775/20150423/alien-5-updates-neil-blompkamp-fears-same-plot-with-prometheus-2.htm (http://www.vcpost.com/articles/59775/20150423/alien-5-updates-neil-blompkamp-fears-same-plot-with-prometheus-2.htm)
No Ripley android or clones
Unless I'm missing something there was nothing new in there or anything that at all related to the title. :-\
Sorry I was editing that. I think this concludes theres no clone or android Ripley, is the real one. I dont remember if this was confirmed
http://www.scified.com/site/alien5/fox-shuts-down-alien-fan-film-after-its-plot-treads-too-closely-to-that-of-blomkamps-alien-5
Well first post since March if I'm not mistaken. I was considering if this news about the cancellation of Alien Identity belongs here in this thread, and I think it does. It appears that the Alien Identity fan film conflicted too much with Alien V so the production was shut down by Fox.
We've been discussing this since yesterday in here following our own news post about the C&D: http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=52834.msg2068741#msg2068741
You should check out our front page too! :)
Personally, I believe it's down to the retcon angle and the return of Hicks, Newt and Ripley.
Still hoping that they're not going down the murky path of retcons, reboots and remakes with this one. Leave that to fan fiction where it belongs.
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/2015/07/16/neill-blomkamp-shares-new-alien-5-concept-art/
New concept art released by Blomkamp with caption saying Alien is going well. Love the project.
So I can get this one out the way - http://www.vcpost.com/articles/76809/20150629/alien-5-filming-begins-vancouver-neill-blomkamp-assures-film-wont.htm
This first came up in May on Twitter. Neill replied to an article calling the claim that Alien 5 would be filming in Vancouver "horseshit". Considering how candid he generally is I'm inclined to believe its not him covering his back.
https://twitter.com/NeillBlomkamp/status/604038391710146560
QuoteSome of the actors from the Ridley Scott's 1979 movie Alien are coming back to reprise their roles.
I stopped reading any further when I read the above.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jul 20, 2015, 08:25:02 PM
This first came up in May on Twitter. Neill replied to an article calling the claim that Alien 5 would be filming in Vancouver "horseshit".
It does not necessarily mean that Alien 5 won't be filmed in Vancouver, just that it won't happen this fall.
Quote from: xeno_alpha_07 on Jul 20, 2015, 09:16:58 PM
QuoteSome of the actors from the Ridley Scott's 1979 movie Alien are coming back to reprise their roles.
I stopped reading any further when I read the above.
Maybe the cat is back as well? :P :laugh:
http://movieweb.com/alien-vs-predator-ripley-death-alien-3/
Apparently according to this article, Sigourney Weaver had her character killed in Alien 3 because she did not like the idea of Alien vs. Predator which FOX wanted to turn into a film. The article actually relates to Alien 5...
Folks, as I understand, this thread is for posting news on Alien 5 only. Comments belong elsewhere. (I'm not an admin, but I expect that will be their take on posting in this thread. Let's try to keep it as a useful news resource without jamming it up with opinion posts)
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Jul 20, 2015, 09:37:39 PM
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jul 20, 2015, 08:25:02 PM
This first came up in May on Twitter. Neill replied to an article calling the claim that Alien 5 would be filming in Vancouver "horseshit".
It does not necessarily mean that Alien 5 won't be filmed in Vancouver, just that it won't happen this fall.
That's certainly possible. I did speak to the informant and the source sounded pretty solid.
The current article making the rounds about Ripley hating AvP (not exactly new) did contain some very small news about Alien 5: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-07-19/sigourney-weaver-alien-vs-predator-really-depressed-me
QuoteThe actress was considerably more enthusiastic about a future addition to the Alien series, namely Neill Blomkamp's untitled sequel/reboot for which concept art was leaked earlier this year.
"I'm so excited about Neill – because Neill is like you guys!" she told the Comic-Con crowd. "He broke the tapes of these movies when he was a kid, he watched them so much."
"I love the fact that's Neill's fulfilling his childhood dream of what he hopes will be the popcorn movie, the Alien popcorn movie that he wanted as a kid to see.
It hasn't been officially confirmed Weaver will be returning for Blomkamp's film, but she implied she'd be involved when a fan asked if Ripley could get a happy ending in the new movie.
"Well – it's certainly something we've discussed," she replied. "I agree, she's had kind of a crap life. Many interruptions."
Check out Blomkamp's Alien room folks!
http://www.scified.com/site/alien5/neill-blomkamp-teases-alien-room-as-production-on-alien-5-continues
Thanks to Alienscollection.com for finding this.
Just a reminder that this thread is only for facts/rumor news. Thanks.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Aug 10, 2015, 06:12:49 AM
Just a reminder that this thread is only for facts/rumor news. Thanks.
The above post of the picture of Blomkamp's Alien room qualifies doesn't it? A picture is worth, well, at least a hundred words in this case.
It does - it was in response to a post I split off.
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Aug 08, 2015, 02:34:48 AM
Check out Blomkamp's Alien room folks!
http://www.scified.com/site/alien5/neill-blomkamp-teases-alien-room-as-production-on-alien-5-continues
Thanks to Alienscollection.com for finding this.
Very ugly.
Ridley Scott said this in a new interview:
"And we have Neill Blomkamp's Alien, which will be out in 2017. We just have the first [screenplay] draft in so far but it looks pretty good."
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/26/ridley-scott-on-the-martian-his-groundbreaking-1984-apple-commercial-and-prometheus-2.html
Yep, typical, the one we really want isn't to be. Goes to show how much fans really matter. The storyline on the Bloomkamp movie is too good to be true, something this fan has always wanted to see. I really didn't care for the two movies after Aliens anyway. It was like they knew what fans wanted and decided to screw the fans and write Alien 3 etc. At my age, I'm used to disappointment...
I thought I saw some blurb somewhere that said Bloomkamp's is on hold due to the, ahem...other one being done. Probably an agreement or something. They sound separate enough to me but of course I'm not keen on a Prometheus sequel, so that'll be the one we get.
This just appeared on Facebook. Posted by Weyland-Yutani Bulletin. For what it's worth...
https://plus.google.com/113395974508587547416/posts/4uJQKmBFSKK
Quote from: whiterabbit on Apr 18, 2016, 01:50:24 AM
Well at least he knows what he wants to make. Still, it's time to move on. He should concentrate on making an Aliens movie. A movie that revolves around the Alien and not cast from the past.
YES please!
Quote from: The Alien Predator on Apr 18, 2016, 02:51:54 AM
Quote from: whiterabbit on Apr 18, 2016, 01:50:24 AM
Well at least he knows what he wants to make. Still, it's time to move on. He should concentrate on making an Aliens movie. A movie that revolves around the Alien and not cast from the past.
YES please!
This should be a news only thread. Any opinions on this topic one way or another are entirely valid, but there are other threads for that, or new ones could be set up. Otherwise we will talk in circles here and this thread won't work very well as a news bulletin thread.
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Apr 17, 2016, 11:17:45 PM
This just appeared on Facebook. Posted by Weyland-Yutani Bulletin. For what it's worth...
https://plus.google.com/113395974508587547416/posts/4uJQKmBFSKK
I don't think it's anything new. Just a re-iteration of an old news article.
http://aggressivecomix.com/blomkamps-alien-film-update-from-ripley-herself/ (http://aggressivecomix.com/blomkamps-alien-film-update-from-ripley-herself/)
Blomkamp's "Alien" Film: Update From Ripley HerselfQuoteWell, I *think* it is. Ridley asked Neill NOT to make our Alien til after Prometheus 2. He (Ridley) wanted his movie to shoot and be released first. But it's an AMAZING script, and Neill and I are REALLY excited about doing it. We're doing other things until we can get going on that. I'd be really surprised if we DIDN'T do it, because it's such a great script, and we love working together. So, it's just going to take a little bit longer to get out to you, but it'll be worth the wait.
I'm doing a news post so it'll get its own thread in a few minutes.
I can't recall if this came up before or not but at London Film and Comic Con, Carrie Henn told Ross Poulter, one of the admins at the WY Bulletin, that she would be in Alien 5.
QuoteCarrie Henn told Ross, that she would appear in the film via a video call that Ripley makes. She wouldn't be fully in the film.
Looks like this news got a lot of traction
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Alien-5-Worth-Wait-According-Sigourney-Weaver-126577.html
This should be a news only thread. Any opinions on this topic one way or another are entirely valid, but there are other threads for that, or new ones could be set up. Otherwise we will talk in circles here and this thread won't work very well as a news bulletin thread.
Sorry, I find myself posting opinions here myself sometimes and then I catch myself and delete them.
http://www.inquisitr.com/3028508/sigourney-weaver-says-neill-blomkamps-alien-sequel-is-still-on/
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Apr 23, 2016, 10:03:16 PM
This should be a news only thread. Any opinions on this topic one way or another are entirely valid, but there are other threads for that, or new ones could be set up. Otherwise we will talk in circles here and this thread won't work very well as a news bulletin thread.
Sorry, I find myself posting opinions here myself sometimes and then I catch myself and delete them.
Just to re-iterate that this isn't a discussion thread. It just for news link. I have split off and moved the discussion into the thread related to the new news.
New interview with Lance Henriksen. Says he hasn't been contacted about Alien 5. Doesn't know much about it.
The cast of Aliens were at a panel in Texas the other day:
Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere, but Sigourney Weaver, right at the end, confirms "Michael is NOT dead, he's in the movie with me."
I mean - we knew that, but it doesn't look to be clones or anything like that. So, I guess I'll see folk over at the "retcon" thread...
Quote from: Russ on Jun 21, 2016, 01:57:47 PM
The cast of Aliens were at a panel in Texas the other day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS7Wye_xlNo
Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere, but Sigourney Weaver, right at the end, confirms "Michael is NOT dead, he's in the movie with me."
I mean - we knew that, but it doesn't look to be clones or anything like that. So, I guess I'll see folk over at the "retcon" thread...
How is this not front page news? Even ignoring the confirmation of Hicks being alive, another reunion of the Aliens cast would be something that most fans would enjoy seeing I think...
The reunion is going up later. I just haven't had chance to watch it yet - I don't think the Hicks stuff is really news though.
Come on development hell, do your thing ;D
http://godhatesgeeks.com/michael-biehn-jennifer-blanc-special-video-come-with-us/
He talks Alien 5 at 8:50 (also a bit about Aliens the question before). Nothing new though.
Not sure if this has already been shared but some interesting news from AICN
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/75618
Quote from: Look into my eye on Jul 07, 2016, 03:59:06 PM
Not sure if this has already been shared but some interesting news from AICN
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/75618
In black and white for everyone -
Quote"It's just as if, you know, the path forks and one direction goes off to three and four and another direction goes off to Neill's movie."
Alternate Alien 3.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jul 07, 2016, 07:01:58 PM
Alternate Alien 3.
I'm glad that's the route they're taking (as opposed to some dream or clone nonsense). Just make your film, and each of us will individually be the judge.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on Jul 07, 2016, 07:01:58 PM
Quote from: Look into my eye on Jul 07, 2016, 03:59:06 PM
Not sure if this has already been shared but some interesting news from AICN
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/75618
In black and white for everyone -
Quote"It's just as if, you know, the path forks and one direction goes off to three and four and another direction goes off to Neill's movie."
Alternate Alien 3.
So.... we're officially getting different continuities then?
The right continuality
Has anyone heard anything about whether or not Newt is in it and if so whether Carrie Henn is doing it? I only ever hear about Ripley and Hicks aka Weaver and Biehn.
Corporal Hicks shared this a couple months ago.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 06, 2016, 09:01:19 AM
It never got reported on but according to Ross Poulter, one of the admins at WY-Bulletin, at London Film and Comic Con last year he spoke to Carrie Henn who said she would be in the film but only through something like a video link call.
Quote from: Kelgaard on Jul 08, 2016, 03:03:57 AM
Corporal Hicks shared this a couple months ago.
Quote from: Corporal Hicks on May 06, 2016, 09:01:19 AM
It never got reported on but according to Ross Poulter, one of the admins at WY-Bulletin, at London Film and Comic Con last year he spoke to Carrie Henn who said she would be in the film but only through something like a video link call.
Well that's something.
If they're going to bring back Ripley and Hicks they can't NOT bring back Newt at the same time.
And if they're bringing Newt back then I'd hope Carrie Henn despite not being an actor would get a shot at it.
Some more news from Collider today
http://collider.com/alien-5-update-sigourney-weaver-neill-blomkamp/
Sigourney Weaver Says Neill Blomkamp's 'Alien' Sequel Gives Ripley "an Ending"
"It's a great story and it's satisfying to me to give this woman an ending... The script itself has so much in it that's so original, but also really satisfies the, I would say, the primal needs of the aliens. It's a tribute to all of the great work that the other directors have done, in a way, but goes in a completely new direction. I hope we'll do it."
"Fox asked us to delay so Ridley could shoot his [second] Prometheus movie. That was too bad because we would have already done it by now. Now that we're waiting for that, I have a couple of Avatars to do and Neill has The Gone World, so we'll have to see what happens when we get back, when those projects are over."
Hmm, could be a while yet.....
Perfect opportunity to say once again:
Ripley had an ending 26 years ago.
An ill-fitting, unsatisfying ending. Neill called Alien 3 and 4 "incorrect' and he couldn't describe my feelings more accurately.
Quote from: Mr. Clemens on Jul 13, 2016, 04:53:02 PM
Perfect opportunity to say once again:
Ripley had an ending 26 years ago.
I second this.
Here's a good way of viewing this film, as hfeldhaus said.
Quote from: hfeldhaus on Jul 13, 2016, 04:02:11 PM
Ripley has had her ending. This will be a flash of what could have been whilst she falls into the furnace at the end of Alien 3.
What were Cameron's and Ridley's reaction to Alien3?
Pretty sure that end comment is something we've already heard.
Not the exact wording, but she spoke of Alien 5 being the "most satisfying" ending of the story.
http://www.avpgalaxy.net/2016/04/27/alien-5-satisfying-end-alien-story/
Quote from: Vermillion on Jul 13, 2016, 05:29:55 PM
What were Cameron's and Ridley's reaction to Alien3?
Cameron admired the artistry, but thought they made a bad move narratively by killing his characters.
I haven't heard what Scott thought of it. Come to think of it, I don't think I've heard him talk negatively about any specific film before. Closest I remember is (paraphrasing) 'if I have to see one more superhero movie I'm gonna tear my head off''. :D
Quote from: Mr. Clemens on Jul 13, 2016, 09:47:29 PM(paraphrasing) 'if I have to see one more superhero movie I'm gonna tear my head off''. :D
He said that? LOL. He really said something like that? You ROCK! Sir Riddles. Man, I totally get what he means. All these mindless spectacles from Marvel are so shallow and brain dead. Except I'd take what he 'said' just that teensy weensy one step further:
"If I have to see one more superhero movie I'm gonna tear my head off and shit down my own neck!" Yeah. I guess you wanna see me do that now, huh.
HAHA! Me too, kind of.
-Windebieste.
Quote from: Mr. Clemens on Jul 13, 2016, 09:47:29 PM
Quote from: Vermillion on Jul 13, 2016, 05:29:55 PM
What were Cameron's and Ridley's reaction to Alien3?
I haven't heard what Scott thought of it. Come to think of it, I don't think I've heard him talk negatively about any specific film before. Closest I remember is (paraphrasing) 'if I have to see one more superhero movie I'm gonna tear my head off''. :D
Yeah, I don't think he ever said anything negative about Alien 3. One of his boys, Jake Scott, worked on Alien 3 as an concept artist. Ridley also visited the Alien 3 set during filming.
But I can tell you about his reaction to AvP: :)
Quote"Peter vs. Charles: [Ridley] wanted to use Weyland as a conduit in the story," explained Damon Lindelof, "and was not at all interested when I said, 'You know, Weyland was a character in one of the Alien vs. Predator movies.' He just sort of looked at me like I had just slapped him in the face. That was the beginning, middle, and end of all Alien vs. Predator references in our story process."
Lindelof said he feels that Scott was disappointed that Fincher wasn't allowed to do what Fincher does, on Alien 3.
QuoteSigourney talking about the Blomkamp movie. The script is "amazing" and innovative. #SDCC #Aliens30th
https://twitter.com/ThatHashtagShow/status/756986919947374592
QuoteBoth Sigourney Weaver & @JimCameron say @NeillBlomkamp's Alien script is "amazing, performs fan service & should be made. #Aliens30th #sdcc
https://twitter.com/MarcusErrico/status/756987193688592384
Holy shit! James Cameron endorses Neill's script. That's f**king amazing.
How hard was it to give the fans what they wanted in '92, Fox? You've always gotta give the audience what they want, but in new and unexpected ways.
Please move conversation of the latest comments here: http://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/index.php?topic=54986.0
Quotetalk from a source that Oscar nominated screenwriter @TerriTatchell might be co-writing #Alien5 #District9
https://twitter.com/_ChristopherM/status/760161763119669249
She co-wrote Chappie and District 9 with Blomkamp.
I can tell that she'll nail Ripley.
Not surprising, she is his wife after all and the person who convinced him to do a Alien film in the first place.
Quote from: The Eighth Passenger on Aug 01, 2016, 09:23:43 PM
Not surprising, she is his wife after all and the person who convinced him to do a Alien film in the first place.
Interesting, I had no idea
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2016/11/10/alien-5-lance-henriksen-says-the-sequel-will-be-spectacular
Quote"You know they're going to make another one. It picks up right where Aliens ended. I don't know if I'm going to be in a baggie or how I'm going to be in it."
"Blomkamp is a really wonderful, wonderful writer. I have a feeling that if he did it, it would be something spectacular. And there's an audience for it."
Henriksen still not contacted about Alien 5 or seen the script.
https://www.screengeek.net/2018/04/16/alien-5-neill-blomkamp-has-moved-on/
Does a dead horse deserve a necropost? :D
This article deals with why the Alien3 retcon is still a good idea. It's the right thing to do if the series is to have mainstream success ever again.
https://screenrant.com/alien-5-reboot-timeline-after-aliens-retcon-fix/amp/
"LOL, Lucy said, LMAO."
Edit: Extremely shitty article even with what it's going for.
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Dec 11, 2021, 05:50:24 PM
Does a dead horse deserve a necropost? :D
This article deals with why the Alien3 retcon is still a good idea. It's the right thing to do if the series is to have mainstream success ever again.
https://screenrant.com/alien-5-reboot-timeline-after-aliens-retcon-fix/amp/
Hey, it's a good horse to beat! :)
Quote from: Rankles75 on Dec 11, 2021, 07:15:47 PM
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Dec 11, 2021, 05:50:24 PM
Does a dead horse deserve a necropost? :D
This article deals with why the Alien3 retcon is still a good idea. It's the right thing to do if the series is to have mainstream success ever again.
https://screenrant.com/alien-5-reboot-timeline-after-aliens-retcon-fix/amp/
Hey, it's a good horse to beat! :)
Totally! This still remains the best way to fix the franchise.
Actually I mostly like the franchise the way it is, the thing I love about Alien's that it might be so easy to emulate (superficially anyway) the 1986 film over and over, but it rarely ever does so, instead of rehashing the arguably most popular entry into the dirt, repeatedly following a family lineage and retconning itself over and over again (see Halloween, The Terminator, Star Wars) it's always a different take on the material.
I LOVE Alien The Cold Forge written by Alex White, I LOVE Into Charybdis even more, Phalanx's superb, and a lot more novels to come already announced for next year. And between David's Drawings and them that makes the prequels more than worth it.
And because of the rather mature (even for Alien yes) subject matter explored in each one, with a more controlled traditionally lucrative intellectual property, they might never have got the green light. Actually we can see this in effect now with Marvel's Alien full of tracing and awful storytelling, then compare that to the myriad of creator driven projects with Alien under Dark Horse Press, Kilian Plunkett (Labyrinth), Mike Mignola (Salvation), James Stokoe (Dead Orbit), the list goes on for days.
Alien The RPG's the most profitable and successful in that genre outside of Wizards of the Coast publishing. Alien Isolation's just perfect. The Anthology's only beat by LOTR in terms of the Special Features. The original looks stunning in 4K.
Oh and Noah Hawley, the mind behind Legion, gets free reign on an Alien TV Series and he thinks Aliens and Alien³ both rule?! Yeah I'm really happy with the way things turned out. For the most part.
I mostly agree
Think we can all agree The Cold Forge was amazing, at least? :)
Wasn't as crazy about it as much as everybody else seemed to but sure, why not
Quote from: Perfect-Organism on Dec 11, 2021, 05:50:24 PM
Does a dead horse deserve a necropost? :D
This article deals with why the Alien3 retcon is still a good idea. It's the right thing to do if the series is to have mainstream success ever again.
https://screenrant.com/alien-5-reboot-timeline-after-aliens-retcon-fix/amp/
"A grown-up Newt would make an excellent protagonist"(https://www.icegif.com/wp-content/uploads/neil-patrick-harris-dr-horrible.gif)
:laugh:
(https://i.ibb.co/0YhZxPR/5xjqe7.jpg)
Good God, what a dumb idea.
Blomkamp has a wonderful career ahead of him as... assistant director.
or working at a stupidly titled video game studio that doesn't seem to pay its non-celeb people. (Gunzilla is bound for a big exposé editorial in a year or two).
His Joe Rogan interview was painful. He's thick as a brick. His latest movies are just him assembling a bunch of cool-looking toys in front of the camera without any decent story behind them.
Not to mention that, aesthetically speaking, the concept art for this movie feels seriously dated in what can be best described as "NFT-core"
If Weaver wants to come back, I pray that it's with a better director with a better aesthetic.
Quote from: skhellter on Dec 12, 2021, 05:59:39 PM
If Weaver wants to come back
At this point - please no. We don't need grandma Ripley running around shooting Xenos with pulse rifle
Quote from: Kradan on Dec 12, 2021, 06:45:16 PM
Quote from: skhellter on Dec 12, 2021, 05:59:39 PM
If Weaver wants to come back
At this point - please no. We don't need grandma Ripley running around shooting Xenos with pulse rifle
Unless it's sequel to A:R and they'll explain it with accelerated againg of the clone.
https://screenrant.com/coolest-facts-neill-blomkamp-unmade-alien-film/amp/
I'm not saying that Neil Blomkamp's direction would have been the right one. The idea of Ripley in an alien suit sounds ridiculous to me, but picking up after the Aliens film makes the most sense.
Quote from: Immortan Jonesy on Dec 12, 2021, 01:13:55 AM
:laugh:
https://i.ibb.co/0YhZxPR/5xjqe7.jpg
You saw what I did there? I didn't even see what I did there. :laugh:
I'm actually agreeing that a grown-up Newt would make an excellent protagonist.
It really doesn't at this point.
People have said as much for coming up on eight years now, and it gets more unlikely with each passing day especially with all the media coming out from the franchise that's firmly rooted in the current continuity, do you think if someone at Disney's considering retconning anything we'd be seeing this?
Vanity Fair: What's next for you?
What's next for me, it looks like, an Alien series for FX, taking on that franchise and those amazing films by Ridley Scott and James Cameron and David Fincher. Those are great monster movies, but they're not just monster movies. They're about humanity trapped between our primordial, parasitic past and our artificial intelligence future—and they're both trying to kill us. Here you have human beings and they can't go forward and they can't go back. So I find that really interesting.
Where are you in that process?
I've written a couple of scripts, the first two scripts, and we're looking to make them next spring. When you get to something with this level of visual effects, there's a lot of preparation that has to go into it. What's been really illuminating is to see that the entire film industry had to take a year off and they are now trying to jam two years of production into one year. So it's very hard to look on the planet earth and see where you might make something in the next six months. Everyone is racing to make up for lost time. So, I figure let that bubble burst a little bit and we'll do it right.
Is there anything else you can share about it? Is it part of the Ripley story, or will it be original characters in a different time and place?
It's not a Ripley story. She's one of the great characters of all time, and I think the story has been told pretty perfectly, and I don't want to mess with it. It's a story that's set on Earth also. The alien stories are always trapped... Trapped in a prison, trapped in a space ship. I thought it would be interesting to open it up a little bit so that the stakes of "What happens if you can't contain it?" are more immediate.
Deadly things that can't be contained and the whole world at risk? Sounds relevant to the past year.
On some level it's also a story about inequality. You know, one of the things that I love about the first movie is how '70s a movie it is, and how it's really this blue collar space-trucker world in which Yaphet Kotto and Harry Dean Stanton are basically Waiting for Godot. They're like Samuel Beckett characters, ordered to go to a place by a faceless nameless corporation. The second movie is such an '80s movie, but it's still about grunts. Paul Reiser is middle management at best. So, it is the story of the people you send to do the dirty work.
How does that relate to your series?
In mine, you're also going to see the people who are sending them. So you will see what happens when the inequality we're struggling with now isn't resolved. If we as a society can't figure out how to prop each other up and spread the wealth, then what's going to happen to us? There's that great Sigourney Weaver line to Paul Reiser where she says, "I don't know which species is worse. At least they don't f**k each other over for a percentage."
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 13, 2021, 02:13:14 PM
I'm actually agreeing that a grown-up Newt would make an excellent protagonist.
But how ? How do you turn her in anything besides
another Ripley clone ? I'm genuinely curious to hear your ideas
Quote from: Kradan on Dec 13, 2021, 04:15:46 PM
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 13, 2021, 02:13:14 PM
I'm actually agreeing that a grown-up Newt would make an excellent protagonist.
But how ? How do you turn her in anything besides another Ripley clone ? I'm genuinely curious to hear your ideas
Well, the best way I think one can answer this question to your satisfaction is begin with seeding another question regarding how would you perceive Shaw and Daniels. Are they Ripley clones to you?
Shaw was somewhat different with whole "What I choose to belive" , wanting to discover what our creators are angle. As much as I love Covenant, I must admit that Daniels was in fact just a Ripley clone. Short hair, tough, leader type, runs around with guns, blows Alien out of the airlock, the end
Spoiler
Also, you forgot everybody's favourite - What's her name from AvPR !
(https://cache.moviestillsdb.com/i/500x/rmw24x7c/avpr-aliens-vs-predator-requiem-lg.jpg)
Kelly and Molly. I don't remember which is which.
Quote from: Kradan on Dec 13, 2021, 07:18:22 PM
Shaw was somewhat different with whole "What I choose to belive" , wanting to discover what our creators are angle. As much as I love Covenant, I must admit that Daniels was in fact just a Ripley clone. Short hair, tough, leader type, runs around with guns, blows Alien out of the airlock, the end
So it comes down to the writing to you then. Of course if they write Newt as a 38 year old, haunted by nightmares that will only be settled by facing the beast one more time, you'll have your dreaded Ripley clone. But what if she's lived such a more interesting life. Became educated. Explored the sciences. And inspired by her saviors, even spent time in the corps. And we see these life stages in the film. I think a lot of people would be interested to see how her life would progress in a sans-Ripley cinematic installment... maybe drawn to the beast versus obsessed...considering the majority of the general public hold Alien and Aliens (and only Alien and Aliens) in high regard. It would be as interesting as Furiosa films to me, maybe even more. Too bad Anya Taylor-Joy is already taken. :)
QuoteAlso, you forgot everybody's favourite - What's her name from AvPR !
https://cache.moviestillsdb.com/i/500x/rmw24x7c/avpr-aliens-vs-predator-requiem-lg.jpg
Her name is on her chest! :D
O'Brien (first name Kelly)
Newt's dead. Grownup Newt = stupid. No do-overs.
Anything without Ridley is fine for me at this point.
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 13, 2021, 10:57:07 PM
QuoteAlso, you forgot everybody's favourite - What's her name from AvPR !
https://cache.moviestillsdb.com/i/500x/rmw24x7c/avpr-aliens-vs-predator-requiem-lg.jpg
Her name is on her chest! :D
O'Brien (first name Kelly)
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know you're supposed to remember characters' names by looking at their clothes. I thought one supposed to care for a character to do that. Silly me
Quote from: Mr. Clemens on Dec 14, 2021, 11:03:57 AM
Newt's dead. Grownup Newt = stupid. No do-overs.
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F38.media.tumblr.com%2F8ba669ac33696fadc4aed313568abee3%2Ftumblr_nito2x4bCN1qiurzoo1_250.gif&hash=407908a65790b7335c58d9cdae554bfa1e3ab4c2)
Quote from: Kradan on Dec 14, 2021, 12:38:25 PM
Quote from: Voodoo Magic on Dec 13, 2021, 10:57:07 PM
QuoteAlso, you forgot everybody's favourite - What's her name from AvPR !
https://cache.moviestillsdb.com/i/500x/rmw24x7c/avpr-aliens-vs-predator-requiem-lg.jpg
Her name is on her chest! :D
O'Brien (first name Kelly)
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know you're supposed to remember characters' names by looking at their clothes. I thought one supposed to care for a character to do that. Silly me
Ouch! I sense hostility, and a disturbance in the force!
Who ? Me ? No, I I'm a fluffy cloud made of positive energy
Spoiler
(https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/marketplace/presentation_assets/000/837/247/large/file.jpg?1618485439)
Interestingly you appear a tad pink.
I wonder if the Walter Hill thread pertains to this one in some way.
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/2020/06/11/walter-hill-sent-sigourney-weaver-a-50-page-alien-5-treatment/
Hopefully the last word on this whole nonsense:
https://www.avpgalaxy.net/2022/09/04/disney-not-interested-in-returning-to-ripleys-storyline/
Blomkamp's answers in bold:
QuoteAlright, I saw Walter Hill came out recently and said Disney wants to go a different direction with Alien. I enjoyed the production designs you posted on Twitter...
It's hard to define how little I care about what happens with Alien.
Okay. Well, I think you just defined it pretty well, just with that statement.
Yeah. So I guess I don't want to talk about that either. I want to talk about Gran Turismo or we shouldn't talk about...
Sorry, I didn't hear that last part you said.
Let's just focus on Gran Turismo.
https://uproxx.com/movies/neill-blomkamp-gran-turismo/
Cucked lol
Didn't know it went that badly. Someone's bitter.
He didn't seem to mind talking to America's favorite thumb about it.
Quote from: Nightmare Asylum on Aug 22, 2023, 10:31:43 PMBlomkamp's answers in bold:
QuoteAlright, I saw Walter Hill came out recently and said Disney wants to go a different direction with Alien. I enjoyed the production designs you posted on Twitter...
It's hard to define how little I care about what happens with Alien.
Okay. Well, I think you just defined it pretty well, just with that statement.
Yeah. So I guess I don't want to talk about that either. I want to talk about Gran Turismo or we shouldn't talk about...
Sorry, I didn't hear that last part you said.
Let's just focus on Gran Turismo.
https://uproxx.com/movies/neill-blomkamp-gran-turismo/
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Relaxing, life affirming, pore cleansing.
It's because his idea was horrible and he didn't like being told no about things. Fans would have ripped him apart with his vision and what he had in store for us. Said it before and I'll say it again, we dodged a bullet. I can't deny he probably was pushed and pulled around at Fox, but he's kinda been vocal about studios not being is favorite thing anyways. So hard to say he's not tough to work with too.
how long till someone writes a tell all about the development?
It still strikes me as deeply wrong that they developed this thing for 2 years before pulling the plug.
Just not respectful.
If the studio truly didn't like his idea, they should've just cancelled it way sooner.
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Aug 23, 2023, 01:47:45 AMIt's because his idea was horrible and he didn't like being told no about things. Fans would have ripped him apart with his vision and what he had in store for us.
How well would it have gone down with the general public though? The more "casual" fanbase who only wants Pulse rifles, Colonial Marines, Kenner Aliens, Dropships and think Hicks and Newt should still be alive?
Admittedly I am also curious myself, hope the information gets out sometime in the next few months somehow.
I think general audiences would have jumped on it, but the end results would have been "what is this?" from them too. Established story being reset could be hard for general audiences to understand. But the actual concepts of the film would have been so whacky and weird, way away from Alien, that I think it really would have turned people off.
Established Xenomorph biology and lifecycles were changed. How the Xenos came to exist and everything was tackled, along with Ripley taking them out. Too big of ideas that didn't seem thought through. The way that played out was weird, disrespectful and just bad. It wasn't even fun Kenner vibes, it would have just been a slap in the face.
There is one thing I wish, wish, WISH I could just say to confirm this all. When I found out it got a giant "What the actual f**k? No thank you. Nope." when I was given the plot of the film. Seriously happy we didn't get it. Kind of how we've come to find out more on the AvP anime, the more a lot of us feel like we might have been lucky they weren't released. Concept sounds great on paper, just like Blomkamp directing sounded great. But ultimately we may be glad we didn't get them in the long run.
so it was an "alternate ending" to the series being developed at the same time
as Ridley mounts his big plan to "expand" the series with his own ideas for the xeno's creation.
Absolutely incompatible projects, then. Why was Blomkamp's even allowed to be in preproduction for a while? Why wasn't this cancelled at the pitch stage?
The alien series is so mismanaged lol absurd choices.
Just come up with something to finish off that part of the storyline, with no need to retcon, etc.
Blomkamp tackling the origins of the xenomorph was always going to rile up Ridley Scott. It's no wonder this got scrapped.
I too hope the full story comes out one day. Even the film's title is said to be a spoiler. I'd heard whispers that the xeno outbreak was because the actual biomass of the captured derelict started contaminating the surrounding atmosphere and that the lead scientist behind the project was an android. Ripley and Hicks had to team up with mercenaries to get inside the secure compound where the derelict was held.
But no idea if any of that is true, could just be someone's guess based on the concept art.
Quote from: ralfy on Aug 25, 2023, 05:20:23 AMJust come up with something to finish off that part of the storyline, with no need to retcon, etc.
My idea has always been - do a movie post Resurrection and post Covenant where Ripley 8 finds her way to a biomechanical planet where David has been living and continuing his work for whatever amount of years is necessary.
In addition to that have the Space Jockey from Alien be a one off entity who is a part of a circle of creators, each one distinctly biomechanical in their own way, each creating life and abnormal beings in their own section of the Universe.
Quote from: TheBATMAN on Aug 26, 2023, 11:08:37 AMBlomkamp tackling the origins of the xenomorph was always going to rile up Ridley Scott. It's no wonder this got scrapped.
I too hope the full story comes out one day. Even the film's title is said to be a spoiler. I'd heard whispers that the xeno outbreak was because the actual biomass of the captured derelict started contaminating the surrounding atmosphere and that the lead scientist behind the project was an android. Ripley and Hicks had to team up with mercenaries to get inside the secure compound where the derelict was held.
But no idea if any of that is true, could just be someone's guess based on the concept art.
I can confirm that this was
not the plot of his film.
personally i thought the whole bit with the Hugh Jackman synthetic jumping on a bigger, better alien powersuit to fight Ripley in her own powersuit was a litle too much.
elysium 2.0
Quote from: Mike's Monsters on Aug 26, 2023, 03:12:38 PMQuote from: TheBATMAN on Aug 26, 2023, 11:08:37 AMBlomkamp tackling the origins of the xenomorph was always going to rile up Ridley Scott. It's no wonder this got scrapped.
I too hope the full story comes out one day. Even the film's title is said to be a spoiler. I'd heard whispers that the xeno outbreak was because the actual biomass of the captured derelict started contaminating the surrounding atmosphere and that the lead scientist behind the project was an android. Ripley and Hicks had to team up with mercenaries to get inside the secure compound where the derelict was held.
But no idea if any of that is true, could just be someone's guess based on the concept art.
I can confirm that this was not the plot of his film.
What else
can you tell you?????? ::)